Show HN: Excali-mode

Category: devtools

Tags: emacs, excalidraw, diagramming, cairo, org-mode

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

Excali-mode brings Excalidraw's hand-drawn diagram editing directly into Emacs, reimplementing the rendering and editing logic in Emacs Lisp with a custom Cairo/Pango C module for Emacs 32's canvas image type. It also adds Org board integration and a text-based DSL for diagram generation, making it a highly ambitious and technically impressive port rather than a simple wrapper.

Target audience: Emacs users and developers who want integrated diagramming without leaving their editor

Repository: https://github.com/yibie/excali-mode · Emacs Lisp · GPL-3.0 · 85 stars

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